Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US and Canada after tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer ~science chemistry medicine Article 374 words 10 votes
S-Town podcast producers settle lawsuit with subject’s estate: suit filed in 2018 alleged the podcast used McLemore’s identity for a commercial purpose, violating Alabama's Right of Publicity law ~lgbt Article 593 words 3 votes
Hundreds of thousands of Australians affected by the government’s robodebt scheme will receive notices from Centrelink about an upcoming class action under orders from the federal court ~news australia Article 752 words 5 votes
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sues Betsy DeVos over “reprehensible” new sexual assault rules ~news usa Article 872 words 5 votes
US Appeals court rules against Donald Trump on Emoluments Clause ~news law usa politics.usa Article 9 votes
Tesla sues Alameda County to force California factory reopening ~finance business Article 367 words 13 votes
A mysterious lawsuit tries to sink Seaside’s massive plans for growth ~enviro Article 721 words 5 votes
A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing? ~finance Article 7271 words 5 votes
An Australian company which holds the rights to reproduce the Aboriginal design on flags and banners is a step closer to suing the seller of a reworked flag for alleged copyright infringement ~news australia Article 560 words 7 votes
The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas. ~tech Article 5523 words 13 votes
To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber. ~tech privacy Article 3 votes
Greenpeace asks Norway's supreme court to rule on Arctic oil – a case that could block the petroleum industry's expansion plans ~enviro climate change Article 446 words 5 votes
Boy Scouts of America file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits ~finance business Article 1223 words 21 votes
Norwegian company sues state over risky spy recruitment in Russia – intelligence agencies' clumsy approach to recruiting informants had caused the company financial loss ~finance business Link 6 votes
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 846 words 9 votes
YouTube moderators are being required to sign a statement acknowledging the job could give them PTSD ~tech google social media Article 1550 words 26 votes
Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic ~enviro climate change Article 591 words 7 votes
One goal of United Methodists’ plan to split the church over same-sex marriage and clergy: Avoid lawsuits ~lgbt Article 1083 words 8 votes
A spate of new class-action lawsuits threaten the CBD industry. Will they force Washington to act? ~health Link 4 votes
Rhode Island lawsuit: Students sue for the right to learn civics ~humanities education Article 1576 words, published Dec 12 2019 16 votes
If you made a claim for $125 from Equifax, you’re not getting it after court awards nearly $80 million to attorneys ~finance Article 19 votes
A German woman sued a stinky cheese shop. A court ruled that she could continue to express her distaste with the odor vocally, but could no longer display complaint signs. ~food Article 270 words 8 votes
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths ~finance business Article 854 words 7 votes
Jury finds that Elon Musk did not defame British cave explorer Vern Unsworth when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet ~news Article 552 words 18 votes
George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin's family for more than $100 million ~news usa.fl Article 455 words 21 votes
Rune II developer Human Head Studios is being sued by publisher Ragnarok after it abandoned the game one day after its release in order to join Bethesda ~games Article 637 words 7 votes
Elon Musk's testimony in defamation trial: Pedo guy insult was 'not classy' but not meant literally ~news Article 910 words 16 votes
Riot Games will pay at least $10 million to settle gender discrimination suit, split between all female employees who worked there in the last five years ~games Article 728 words 17 votes
Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost Catholic Church over $4B ~humanities religion Article 2690 words 8 votes
The trillion-dollar lawsuit against Tether - Part 1 ~finance cryptocurrency Article 3027 words 8 votes
Viacom sues YouTube for a billion dollars | YouTube Geographic ~tech social media Video 26:53, published Dec 14 2018 6 votes
Reveal has been fighting a lawsuit for three years. Now we’re speaking up about it. ~news usa journalism Article 1454 words, published Nov 5 2019 8 votes
Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling ~enviro climate change Article 736 words 7 votes
Chinese professor sues wildlife park after it introduces facial recognition entry system ~tech privacy Link 6 votes
Elon Musk hired a convicted felon to investigate the cave rescuer who is now suing him ~news Article 2550 words 13 votes
University of Virginia health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes ~health healthcare Article 3035 words 14 votes
Riot Games reaches agreement in principle to settle class action gender discrimination lawsuit ~games Article 529 words 8 votes
Apple files lawsuit against virtualization company Corellium for selling ‘perfect replicas’ of iOS ~tech apple security Article 411 words 5 votes
Human friends of Canada geese sue federal government for helping Denver turn the birds into food ~enviro Article 291 words 5 votes
Judge advises $14m in damages to Jewish woman targeted by neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ ~news usa Article 578 words 11 votes
3D Realms' "Ion Maiden" has been renamed to "Ion Fury" due to a lawsuit - new trailer, and will release from Early Access on August 15 ~games Article 373 words 13 votes
Indonesian police officer claims he was fired for being gay, files lawsuit for wrongful dismissal ~lgbt Link 4 votes
Twitch is suing the trolls who flooded Artifact streams with porn and gore ~games Article 574 words 13 votes
Alex Jones sent Sandy Hook victims files with child sex abuse images, say lawyers ~news usa Article 18 votes
Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage ~life Article 824 words 6 votes
'This case will set a precedent': First major opioid trial to begin in Oklahoma ~health medicine Article 1180 words 4 votes